"For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live"
- Theodor Adorno
About this Quote
The text suggests that when a person is displaced from their house country and has no physical location to in fact live, composing becomes a method for that person to feel as though they have a place where they can exist and make significance. Writing supplies a sense of function and identity in the absence of a physical home.
"It's a blast to watch. It's a lot more interesting live than it is on record. I mean, it really is a theatrical event. It's a sporting event! Cause you never know what's gonna happen"
"Now we maintain that we cannot be afford to be concerned about 6 percent of the children in this country, black children, who you allow to come into white schools. We have 94 percent who still live in shacks. We are going to be concerned about those 94 percent"